Woodblock illustration from an edition of 1909 (1st year of the Xuantong reign period of the Qing dynasty) showing points on the lung channel of arm taiyin. From the 11th century classic Bu zhu tongren shuxue zhenjiu tujing (Illustrated Acupuncture and Moxibustion Canon of the Bronze Man with Notes and Commentary) by Wang Weiyi. The labelled points are chize (Foot Marsh), jingqu (Channel Ditch), taiyuan (Great Abyss), yuji (Fish Border) and shaoshang (Lesser Shang).

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Chinese Acupuncture Chart, 1909

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